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STORY  OF 

THE  ST.  PAUL  NORMAL  AND 
INDUSTRIAL  SCHOOL 

[Catechetically  Arranged] 


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LAWRENCEVILLE,  VIRGINIA 

1919 


SrORY  OF 

The  St.  Paul  Normal  and 
Industrial  School 


[Catechetically  Arranged] 


LAWREN'CKVILLK,  VIRGINIA 
1919 


Rev.  JAS.  S.  RUSSELL,  D.D..  Principal 


FOREWORD 


The  catechetical  method  of  presenting  the  storj’  of  the 
founding,  growth,  progress  and  present  status  of  the  St.  Paul 
Normal  and  Industrial  School,  employed  in  this  little  booklet, 
is  uesd  in  the  hope  that  its  superior  directness  and  conciseness 
of  information  may  make  it  appeal  alike  to  the  general  reader 
and  to  the  busy  man  or  woman  who  must  have  a concrele  ]>re- 
sentinent  of  facts. 

It  is  hoped  that  everyone  into  whose  hands  this  little  volume 
may  come  will  give  it  a careful  perusal  and  sj'mpathetic  con- 
sideration, for  it  represents  and  describes  the  life,  effort  and 
results  of  over  three  decades  of  consecrated,  devoted  service 
for  tlte  Church  and  for  the  upbuilding  of  a backward  race. 


ST,  PAUL  S MEMORIAL  CHAPEL.  LAWRENCE VILLE,  VIRGINIA 


BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 

Rt.  Rev.  Beverley  D.  Tucker,  D.D Norfolk,  Va. 

Rt.  Rev.  Arthur  C.  Thomson,  D.D Portsmouth,  Va. 

Mr.  Robert  B.  Tunstall Norfolk,  Va. 

Mr.  L.  II.  Raney Lawrenceville,  Va. 

Rev.  David  W.  Howard,  D.D Norfolk,  Va. 

Rev.  Carl  E.  Grammer,  D.D Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Mr.  Charles  E.  May Lawrenceville,  Va. 

Rev.  II.  L.  Phillips,  D.D Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Rev.  Scott  Wood,  D.D Pittsburgh,  Pa. 

Rev.  James  S.  Russell,  D.D Lawrenceville,  A’a. 

Rev.  C.  Braxton  Bryan.  D.D Petersburg,  Va. 

Mr.  R.  C.  Taylor,  Jr Norfolk,  A"a. 

Rev.  Giles  B.  Cooke Alatliews  C.  H.,  Va. 

Rev.  Eilwin  R.  t'arter Hampton,  Va. 

Mr.  Oliver  J.  Sands Richmond,  A'a. 

Rev.  Josejih  B.  Dunn,  D.D Lynchburg,  Va. 

Hon.  E.  P.  Buford Lawrenceville,  A’a. 

Rev.  Herbert  N.  Tucker Boydton,  A'a. 

Mr.  W.  W.  Old,  Jr Norfolk,  Va. 

OFFICERS  OF  THE  BOARD 

Rt.  Rev.  Beverley  D.  Tucker,  D.D President 

Rt.  Rev.  Arthur  C.  Thomson,  D.D Vice-President 

Rev.  .lames.  S.  Russell,  D.D Secrtary 

Mr.  Charles  E.  May Treasurer 

The  Jones  Ainlit  Company Auditors 

Mr.  A.  II.  Turner Business  Manager 

ADVISORY  COMMITTEE  TO  THE 
BOARD  OF  TRUSTEES 
Rt.  Rev.  Philip  M.  Rhinelander,  D.D. 

Rev.  W.  Russell  Bowie,  D.D. 

Rev.  James  E.  Gregg.  D.D. 

Judge  Legh  R.  Watts 
Dr.  J.  I).  Eggleston 
Mr.  .lohn  M.  Gandy 
Mr.  William  Anthony  Aery 


SAUL  BUILDING-GENESIS  OF  NORMAL  SCHOOL 


THE  ST.  PAUL  CATECHISM 


Question  : Where  is  St.  Paul’s  Normal  and  Industrial 

School  located? 

A.vsweu:  At  Lawrenceville,  Brunswick  County,  Virginia, 

in  the  very  heart  of  the  largest  Negro  population 
in  the  state. 

Ql'es.  Who  founded  the  School  ? 

Ans.  Archdeacon  James  S.  Russell,  July  2nd,  1888.  It  was 
opened  Sejit ember  24th,  1888,  and  incorporated  March 
4th,  1890. 

QUES.  Who  is  Archdeacon  Russell? 

Ans.  He  is  a devoted  Churchman  who  has  given  the  best 
years  of  his  life  and  energj'  to  missionary  and  educa- 
tional effort  in  building  up  the  Church  among  his  people  and 
in  educating  and  training  them  for  spheres  of  usefulness. 

QL'Es.  What  is  his  personal  history  ? 

.\n.s.  lie  was  born  of  slave  parents  in  Mecklenburg  County, 
Virginia,  December  20th,  1857.  He  attended  private 
and  public  schools  in  the  neighborhood  until  he  was  17  years 
of  age,  when  a chance  was  given  him  to  enter  the  Hampton 
Institute.  He  was  so  poor  that  his  school  suit  was  made  from 
wool  grown  in  the  neighborhood  and  woven  in  the  community 
loom  by  his  grandmother,  and  made  by  his  mother.  From  a 
child  it  was  predicted  that  he  would  become  a minister  of  the 
Hospel.  At  Hampton  he  felt  more  keenly  the  call  to  the  sacrecl 
ministry  and  from  there  entered  the  Branch  Theological  Sem- 
inary of  Virginia,  now  the  Bishop  Payne  Divinity  School.  He 

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was  graduated  from  there  and  was  ordained  to  the  diaeonate 
March  9th,  1882,  and  seven  days  thereafter  went  as  a mission- 
ary to  Brunswick  and  Meeklenl)urg  Counties,  with  headquarters 
at  Lawreneeville.  He  was  advanced  to  the  priesthood  Feb- 
ruary 7th,  1887.  He  was  appointed  Archdeacon  by  the  late 
Bishop  Eandolph,  October  11th,  1893.  He  has  twice  been 
tendered  the  highest  office  in  the  gift  of  the  Church,  once  by 
election  to  the  Suffragan  Bishopric  of  Arkansas,  and  second  by 
a committee  appointed  to  name  a clergyman  to  be  elected 
Suffragan  of  another  Southern  diocese.  In  each  case  he  de- 
clined, belie\*ing  that  the  interests  of  his  missionary  and  educa- 
tional work  in  Southern  Virginia  reqiiired  his  presence  and 
efforts  more.  In  June,  1917,  he  was  given  the  degree  of  D.D. 
from  the  Theological  Seminary  of  Virginia,  the  only  colored 
person  to  be  so  honored  by  this  well-known  institution. 

Ques.  What  are  the  circumstances  of  the  founding  of  the 
School .’ 

Ans.  It  is  the  outgrowth  of  the  Parish  School  which  Arch- 
deacon Bussell  established  in  the  small  vestry  room  of 
the  chapel  which  he  built  at  Lawreneeville  when  he  first  began 
his  missionary  labors,  in  the  summer  of  1882.  The  school  soon 
outgrew  its  original  quarters,  and  through  the  generosity  of  the 
late  Rev.  Dr.  Saul,  Philadelphia,  a neat  three-room  building 
was  put  up,  taking  its  name  from  the  donor—'  ‘ Saul  Building.  ’ ’ 
This  building  still  stands  on  the  grounds,  the  genesis  of  the 
Normal  School,  for  it  was  in  this  building  that  tne  Normal 
School  was  opened,  September  24th,  1888,  with  three  teachers 
and  less  than  a dozen  boanlers. 

Qt'E.s.  What  impressed  Archdeacon  Bussell  to  take  such  a 
step .’ 

Axs.  Absolutel,v  none.  His  first  land  purchase,  a piece  of 
point..  Scarcely  five  out  of  a hundred  could  read  or 
write.  The  schools  were  poor,  terms  short  (three  and  four 
months),  teachers  for  the  most  part  poorlv  trained,  and  nine- 
teiiths  of  the  ]>eople  were  tenants  or  renters.  His  practical 

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mind  saw  that  a school  of  longer  term,  giving  both  academic 
and  industrial  training  so  as  to  increase  their  economic  and 
industrial  efficiency,  was  their  great  need,  and  that  material 
and  social  uplift  could  only  come  through  increased  efficiency, 
industry  and  thrift.  These  were  the  motives  that  influenced 
him  to  take  such  a step. 

Ques.  Did  he  have  any  resources  or  promises  of  financial  sup- 
port to  encourage  him  in  his  venture? 

Ans.  Absolutely  none.  His  first  land  purctiase,  a piece  of 
property  costing  $1,000,  was  paid  for  by  giving  his 
own  notes.  Contracts  for  building,  lumber  and  other  material 
were  entered  into  and  construction  begun  the  latter  part  of 
July,  1888,  without  a dollar  in  hand  or  a cent  pledged.  Three 
days  afterwards  a Duluth,  Minn.,  ‘ ‘ Friend  ’ ’ sent  the  first 
donation  of  $5.00  to  the  Normal  School. 

Ques.  What  then  was  his  dependence? 

Ans.  Faith  in  God  and  in  the  righteousness  of  his  cause, 
and  in  the  generosity  of  friends  whom  he  might  raise 
up  for  the  work.  That  was  his  principal  asset  then;  and  now, 
after  thirty-one  years,  it  still  remains  the  same. 

Ques.  How  is  the  School  controlled  and  supported? 

Ans.  It  is  under  the  auspices  of  the  Episcopal  Church  and 
controlled  by  a Board  of  Trustees.  Support  comes 
from  donations  by  churchee,  individuals,  by  boards,  from 
products  manufactured  by  the  School,  revenue  from  students’ 
board,  etc. 

Ques.  What  are  annual  running  expenses  of  the  School? 

A.NS.  Between  fifty  and  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  What  is  the  total  income  per  year  from  all  sources? 
Ans.  About  forty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  How  much  money  has  to  be  raised  annually  to  offset 
the  difference  between  assured  income  and  the  amount 
necessary  for  running  expenses? 

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Ans.  Twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  Was  the  School  successful  last  year  in  raising  enough 
money  to  prevent  a current  deficit? 

Ans.  Its  current  deficit  was  small,  due  to  the  rigid  economy 
practiced  at  the  School. 

Ques.  How  has  the  war  affected  the  income  of  the  School? 

Ans.  It  reduced  it  materially.  Tliis  reduction  has  been 
accomplished  in  two  ways;  the  falling  off  in  donations, 
the  rise  in  j>rices  of  commodities,  and  the  necessity  of  paying 
increased  salaries  to  teachers  and  others. 

Ques.  What  is  the  present  indebtedness  of  the  School  as  a 
consequence  of  the  war  period. 

Ans.  About  forty-five  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  What  is  the  sum  needed  for  running  e.\penses  for  the 
current  year,  including  the  deficit,  ami  how  much  of 
this  is  assured? 

Ans.  One  hundred  thousand  dollars,  amount  needed  for 
running  expenses,  including  deficit.  Assured,  almut 
thirty-two  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  What  are  the  most  urgent  needs  of  the  School  in  the 
matter  of  buildings,  equipment,  and  the  wlierewithal 
to  prosecute  its  work  more  efficiently? 

Ans.  Girls’  dormitory,  thirty-five  thousand  dollars;  Boys’ 
trade  building,  sixty  thousand  dollars;  and  equipment 
for  both,  fifteen  thousand  dollars. 

Ques.  Are  there  other  urgent  needs  besides  these.’ 

Ans.  Yes,  several,  and  any  person  or  persons  wishing  to 
learn  more  about  these  will  please  correspond  with  the 
Principal. 


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STUDENTS  CULTIVATING  THE  “LOW  GROUNDS” 


Material  Results 


Qces.  How  does  the  School  compare  with  similar  institutions? 

Axs.  It  is  the  third  largest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the 
country  and  the  largest  missionary  and  educational 
work  under  the  auspices  of  the  Church. 

Qces.  What  is  the  objective  of  its  training? 

Axs.  The  highest  Christian  and  moral  education,  coupled 
with  a trade  of  some  kind  and  a thorough  English 
academic  education,  so  that  students  may  return  to  their 
respective  communities  and  become  useful  citizens  and  eflScient 
members  of  society. 

Qces.  Have  the  results  of  this  training  been  satisfactory? 

Axs.  Yes;  according  to  competent  authorities  the  School  has 
fully  justified  its  existence  and  claim  for  continued 

support. 

Qces.  Name  some  of  the  endorsers  among  living  and 
deceased  ? 

Axs.  Bishops  of  the  Church : Bishops  Randolph,  Brooks, 
McVicar,  Potter,  Greer,  Tucker,  Dudley,  Lines,  Lloyd, 
Tuttle,  Gibson,  Burgess,  Brewster,  Lawrence  and  a host  of 
others,  including  the  General  Convention  and  several  diocesan 
councils,  the  Board  of  Education  of  Virginia,  General  Educa- 
tion Board,  John  F.  Slater,  and  the  Board  of  Missions.  Edu- 
cators, Public  Men : Several  Governors  of  Virginia,  United 
States  Senators  and  Congressmen,  county  officers,  doctors, 
Wallace  Buttrick,  H.  B.  Frissell,  Booker  T.  Washington, 
James  H.  Dillard,  Edwin  Alderman  and  others. 

Qce.s.  What  are  some  of  the  material  results — first,  local; 
second,  general  ? 


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Ans.  Tlie  School  began  with  one  building,  less  than  a dozen 
boarders  and  three  teachers.  To-day  it  has  forty  large 
and  small  buildings,  three  of  them  permanent  brick  buildings; 
five  hundred  students  from  26  states,  Cuba,  Haiti  and  Africa ; 
fifty-two  officers,  teachers  and  employees;  six  hundred  grad- 
uates; over  forty-five  hundred  undergraduates;  sixteen  hundred 
acres  of  land,  and  a plant  valued  at  over  two  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Other  local  results  are  the  complete  revolution  of  moral, 
material  and  educational  conditions  in  its  home  county. 
When  the  School  began  its  work  the  log  cabin  reigned  supreme, 
most  of  the  people  were  renters  and  tenants,  scarcely  any  own- 
ing land,  ten  thousand  acres  comprising  their  ownership.  The 
county  ranked  among  the  poorest  and  least  progressive  in  the 
State.  To-day  the  log  cabin  is  a thing  of  the  past.  Frame 
houses  of  two,  three,  four  and  even  six  or  more  rooms,  painted, 
have  taken  its  place.  Instead  of  10,000  acres,  the  Negroes 
now  owm  63,000  acres  of  land,  valued  at  five  hundred  and 
thirty  thousand  eight  hundred  fourteen  dollars,  the  greatest 
valuation  of  Negro-owned  farm  land  in  the  State,  and  with 
one  exception  the  greatest  number  of  acres  owned  by  Negroes 
of  any  county  in  the  State.  The  total  personal  and  real 
property  of  Negroes,  including  town  lots,  according  to  the 
report  of  the  Auditor  of  Public  Accounts  for  the  State  and 
the  Personal  Property  and  Land  Books  of  the  County,  are  of 
the  assessed  value  of  $937,799.  Aside  from  these  strictly 
mater’ al  re.ults,  the  criminal  expenses  are  among  the  lowest 
in  the  State.  The  jail  has  been  known  to  be  empty  for  six 
months  at  a time,  and  the  colored  people  of  Brunswick  are 
now  ranked  among  the  most  thrifty,  industrious  and  law 
abiding  in  the  State. 

This  extract  from  a prominent  attorney,  of  date  of  Aug. 
2,  1919,  relative  to  the  Soldiers’  Welcome  Home  Celebration, 
reflects  prevailing  white  local  opinion : 

“Yesterday  was  a glorious  day  for  the  Colored 
people,  and  I want  to  thank  you  and  your  School  for 
the  perfect  conduct  of  these  people.  They  certainly 

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fullilled  the  eipectatioiis  1 had  in  them.  1 have  always 
said  the  Colored  people  of  Brunswick  were  the  best 
behaved  in  the  eoxmtry,  and  I do  not  hesitate  to  say 
that  it  is  due  to  your  influence  and  that  of  your  School 
alone,  for  you  have  done  more  for  the  race  in  this  section 
of  the  country  than  any  living  man,  and  your  School 
more  than  any  other  single  agency.” 

Ques.  What  can  be  said  of  the  large  number  of  St  Paulites 
who  answered  the  country ’s  call  for  service  in  the 
recent  World  War? 

Ans.  No  finer  set  of  men  went  from  any  school,  and  they 
deported  themselves  most  satisfactorily.  They  reflect- 
ed great  credit  upon  their  race  and  the  School  that  trained  them. 
More  than  a dozen  commissioned  officers  and  scores  of  non- 
commissioned officers  resulted  to  the  credit  of  St.  Paul’s. 


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General  Results 

Ques.  What  can  be  said  of  the  results  of  tlie  Sc-hool’s  work 
generally? 

Ans.  It  has  been  very  successful.  The  general  work  has 
been  of  three  kinds,  purely  uplift:  the  work  of  grad- 
uates in  their  various  communities;  second,  missionary  and 
Church  work  by  its  graduates  and  students;  third,  educational 
and  community. 

Ques.  What  and  how  about  the  purely  uplift  work? 

Ans.  Numbers  of  the  School ’s  students  have  gone  into  back- 
ward communities,  helped  to  build  schoolhouses  and 
cliurches,  encouraged  the  people  to  buy  land,  start  bank 
accounts,  build  better  houses,  schools  and  churches,  and  improve 
home  surroundings.  One  graduate  went  into  <a  backward  rural 
community,  started  a Sunday  school,  then  a parish  school. 
Through  her  efforts  a neat  church  was  built,  a Two-room 
parish  school,  a rectory  for  the  minister,  etc.  Another  was 
the  moving  spirit  in  getting  a tubercular  hospital  built  in  a 
North  Carolina  town.  Another  began  in  a rural  community 
as  teacher.  The  people  were  backward ; she  worked  and 
secured  a little  home,  setting  an  example  of  thrift  that  was 
soon  followed.  Now  the  community  has  many  home  owners,  a 
neat  schoolhouse,  and  a comfortable  church  building.  In 
numerous  other  instances  St.  Paul’s  graduates  and  students 
have  gone  home  and  encouraged  the  old  folk  to  quit  the  log 
cabin  and  buihl  a better  house.  Frequently  the  new  and  the 
old  are  seen  standing  together,  concrete  examples  of  education 
ami  progress. 

Ques.  What  about  the  religious  uplift  ? 

Ans.  The  School  has  been  the  means  of  attracting  hundreds 
of  young  men  to  the  Church  and  to  enter  the  sacred 
ministry.  The  records  show  that  about  one-fifth  of  the 


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colored  clergy  of  the  Church  began  their  training  and  received 
their  impetus  for  the  ministry  at  St.  Paul’s  School. 

t^UES.  Can  you  give  any  striking  examples  of  the  work  of 
these  menf 

Ans.  Yes;  one  man  came  to  the  School  an  illiterate  adult. 

He  completed  his  trade  and  training  there  and  entered 
the  Bishop  Payne  Divinity  School.  Graduating  from  there, 
he  began  his  career  as  minister.  To-day  this  man  is  a priest 
in  the  Church  and  a doctor  in  divinity.  During  his  ministry 
he  has  presented  over  three  hundred  persons  for  confirmation 
and  built  two  splendid  church  edifices.  It  was  of  this  man 
that  the  late  Bishop  Greer  said,  ‘ ‘ If  the  school  had  done 
nothing  more  than  send  him  out,  it  has  richly  repaid  the  cost 
of  its  maintenance.  ’ ’ There  are  many  other  striking  examples. 


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The  School’s  Fulure 

(^UES.  What  about  the  School ’s  future  i 

Ans.  Its  future  usefulness  should  be  assured  by  its  past 
record.  The  results  and  achievements  of  thirty-one 
years  and  the  increasing  favor  in  which  the  School  is  held  is 
testimony  that  it  fills  a real  need,  and  that  it  justifies  its 
continued  existence. 

Ques.  What,  then,  is  most  necessary  for  its  continued  exist- 
ence and  growth  ? 

Ans.  Adequate  endowment  and  equipment.  The  present 
endowment  is  less  than  $100,000,  and  over  $50,000 
annually  has  to  be  raised  by  the  Principal  for  running  ex- 
penses. Adequate  endowment  would  relievo  him  of  the  strain 
of  raising  a large  sum  annually  and  give  time  for  planning 
and  developing  the  work.  At  present,  it  is  a continuous  strug- 
gle for  to-day’s  necessities,  with  no  time  or  thought  to  give  to 
to-morrow ’s  needs.  Special  efforts  from  time  to  time  may 
wipe  out  deficits,  but  no  permanent  relief  can  be  had  or  even 
hoped  for  until  some  permanent  method  is  found  of  financing 
the  School.  At  present  its  income  is  impermanent  and  variable, 
subject  too  much  to  existing  financial  conditions.  For  in- 
stance: during  the  war  period  the  income  fell  off  nearly  one- 
third,  while  expenses  practically  doubled.  This  condition,  if 
there  had  been  sufidcient  endowment  to  offset  the  loss  of  tem- 
porary income,  would  not  have  affected  the  School  so  seriously 
as  to  cause,  as  it  did,  a material  impairment  in  efficiency.  As 
long  as  the  School  has  to  exist  on  a hand-to-mouth  financiering 
basis,  so  to  speak,  recurrence  of  the  period  of  stress  and 
ruinous  retrenchment  through  which  it  is  now  passing  may 
be  expected. 

Ques.  Are  present  conditions  a serious  handicap  to  the 
I)rosecution  of  the  School ’s  work  ? 


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Ans.  Yes;  they  are  most  serious.  This  present  year  about 
200  deserving  boys  and  girls  are  being  turned  away  for 
lack  of  dormitory  space.  Some  of  tbe  Industrial  departments 
are  either  closed  or  running  undermanned.  Needed  equipment 
is  lacking.  Eenewals  and  replacements  wait  for  more  pro- 
pitious times.  Salaries  and  expenses  cannot  be  met  with  even 
a reasonable  degree  of  promptness.  These  conditions  are 
injurious  alike  to  the  moral  efficiency  and  prestige  of  the 
School. 

Ques.  About  how  much  endowment  is  needed  to  ensure  the 
School  permanent  income? 

Ans.  $1,000,000,  and  the  need  for  this  is  immediate  and 
pressing  if  the  School  is  to  continue  its  great  useful- 
ness and  maintain  its  dignity  and  prestige  unimpaired. 

Ques.  Finally,  what  would  you  say  in  summing  up  the  situa- 
tion as  it  appertains  to  the  future  of  the  School  and 
the  propagation  of  its  work? 

Ans.  I would  make  this  appeal  to  the  General  Church  and 
friends  of  Negro  education  the  country  over.  I would 
also  keep  before  the  nation-wide  Campaign  Committees,  the 
wonderful  possibilities  of  the  School  and  their  opportunity 
to  put  the  School  upon  a permanent  financial  footing. 

Ques.  Who  are  the  oflSeers  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  to 
whom  should  contributions  be  sent? 

Ans.  Rt.  Rev.  Beverley  D.  Tucker,  D.D.,  President;  Mr. 

Charles  E.  May,  Treasurer;  and  Archdeacon  Russell, 
Secretary;  Mr.  R.  C.  Taylor,  Jr.,  Marine  Bank,  Norfolk,  Va., 
Treasurer  of  Invested  Funds;  Mr.  Chas.  E.  May,  General  Treas 
nrer,  Lawrenceville,  Va.;  and  Rev.  James  S.  Russell,  Principal, 
Lawrenceville,  Va.  Contributions  may  be  sent  te  either  of  the 
above  or,  as  Sperials,  through  the  Board  of  Missions  or  the 
.\merican  Church  Institute,  281  Fourth  Avenue,  New  Vork 
City,  N Y. 


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CLASS  IN  AGRICULTURE 


Some  of  the  School’s  Needs 


1 Funds  for  Current  Expenses 

2 A Practice  School  Building 

3 A Dormitory  for  Girls 

4 A Dormitory  for  Boys 

5 A Library 

6 An  Adminstration  building 

7 A New  Academic  Building 

8 A Trades  Building 

9 Domestic  Science  Building 
10  Permanent  Endowment 

Contributions  may  be  sent  direct  to  Mr.  Chas.  E.  May, 
Treasurer;  Eev.  James  S.  Russell,  Principal,  Lawrenceville, 
Va.,  or  as  Specials  through  the  Board  of  Missions  or  the 
American  Church  Institute,  New  York. 


Form  of  Bequest 


I give  and  bequeath  to  the  Trustees  of  the  St.  Paul  Normal 
and  Industrial  School  of  Virginia 


to  be  used  as  they  may  direct  for  the  education  of  Colored 
youth  in  that  institution. 


G«iT«tt  & ftUasie.  loe. , 

Riehmo&d.  Yft. 


